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  1. mtaylor
    Piet, Hope you get to feeling better. My wife went through the implant thing and based on her experience I can sympathize with you. (I'm cringing....). Nice gammoning.
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    Floyd, Harvey gave the most comprehensive description I've seen. The only thing I would add is that after acetone, soak the part in vinegar for about 15 to 30 minutes to get some "tooth" into the brass. Also, rinse with distilled water. Lightly buff when dry. I get inconsistant results no matter how consistant I am with preparation and using the product. Could be I'm using different types of brass but I'm not sure.
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    After a quick search in the build log area, I see 3 builds going on. If no one answers here, go take a look a the build logs. You can ask questions of the builders there also.
  4. mtaylor
    Nice job, Daniel. Rest well, you deserve it.
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    Jingyang, Your CAD work just takes my breath away. Incredible details, just incredible. Thanks for sharing them.
  6. mtaylor
    Thank Christian. This one got buried really fast after the re-start of MSW.
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    Larry, I thought the treenails looked pretty good. And a whole lot better than what mine looked like....
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    Janos, You are probably correct. The strange thing is Sherline, etc. all call their devices "mills" and all have <3000 rpm from the factory. Strange indeed. Wefalck, That's true and the big reason I had to increase the spindle speed.
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    Lovely work on the rigging, Gil. I like the way you're taking us through it.
  10. mtaylor
    Thanks Keith. It was tight in there, no doubt. My Licorne is even tighter... 4 foot from deck to deck on the berth deck. 3 foot if add in the beams. As for finishing it.. it's done. I gave it to my late father-in-law at this point in the construction and he had it about a year and half, maybe a bit more. After he passed, the Trition came home and I decided leave it as is.
  11. mtaylor
    Floyd, what browser are you using? I'm seeing the same pic in thumbnails and full size. I'm using Win7 with IE9. You might try hitting the "add to post" for the pics after choosing the files and see if that helps.
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    NIce Sarah... very nice jig indeed. Mind if I steal that idea?
  13. mtaylor
    I've had poutine. It's interesting food. Sticks to the ribs, filling, and leaves you with a "I could eat a lot more of that" feeling. Keith, you'd probably like it. Here's a couple of links: (warning.. the wikipedia link has a pictue. http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/poutine.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine The link with the picture is for Sjors since he likes pictures... :)
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    Russ, It's a very appealing model. The pictures give a sense of something from another era. And it's not a bad sense in my opinion. I rather like it.
  15. mtaylor
    Larry, I think 42rocker is right. It looks like it's part of a decorative balance scale sold in some "shops". Is the wood lightweight?
  16. mtaylor
    Mobbsie, Here's the secret. You only have to do one ratline and one copper plate. Then repeat as needed.
  17. mtaylor
    yep... but you can only eat it if you wear flannel and can sing "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK". I think I'll go step outside now where I have a better chance of ducking flying chainsaws.
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    JP... I didn't mention it because for my needs it's even smaller than the mill I have. I would still go for a bigger (physically) model of mill. The Proxxon seems to only come in 220/240 VAC, the motor is not rated as high as the Micromark. The X-Y Table is smaller. Your needs may vary and the smaller might work. Thus, I only mentioned what "I" would go for.
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    Hmm.. Augie and Sjors... in the same river. Sjors with a fly rod, Augie with a Fokker. The mental image is too much. I gotta' get a grip.
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    So you skipped using TACAN then? Maybe we should just go back to Dead Reckoning... would make life interesting with smart bombs for a payload.
  21. mtaylor
    The concept of "fooling the enemy" worked. HMS Roebuck was a two deck 44 gun frigate. In the stern, there were two rows of windows. The lower went to the great cabin. The upper rows center was the poop decks beams. They were dummies. The ruse worked as she captured the Confederacy and a couple of other ships this way as they mistook her for a larger ship.
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    Jason, I'm just catching up.. on the false keel.. it wouldn't have been like you have it. It would have been what could best be called a slip joint. The false was stapled and at the joints, the cut would been at an angle. See my crude drawing below. The reason being that if the ship grounded, the false keep pieces would have come off and slid over the one behind it easily. ----------------------------------------- keel ----------------------------------------- bow \ stern ----------------------------------------- Anyway, rather than rip your work apart, leave that way and save yourself some grief. She's looking very sharp!!!
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    The nice thing about this build log is that it is a smorgasbord, we never walk away hungry.. well maybe for pictures.. <hint><hint> Sjors, you have the right idea... come to the US for the views, not the food. Well, there is good food along the way, the views are fantastic. I live about 60 miles from Crater Lake and I try to visit it once a year just for the view and the wonderful drive to get there.
  24. mtaylor
    Beautiful work, Robert. I'm just joining the chorus of admirers. Nicely done on the scarfs.
  25. mtaylor
    The decks had curvature to them in two directions, high at the bow and stern and also high in the middle a low at the sides. This was so water would run off. In many ways, it resembles camber on a road. Depending on the era some of this curvature could be pretty extreme. Hope this explanation helps.

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